High

Speed
Cable
Design Guide
FEBRUARY 2014
 Complete High Speed
Cable Solutions
In-house Connector and Cable Manufacturing Conductor, Shield and
Jacket Fabrication

Samtec is fully vertically integrated, offering both sides of the

solution– connectors and cable assemblies. Our in-house
capabilities include:
• Quick-turn design and manufacture of high speed board
mount connectors
• High speed coax and twinax cables
• Active optic solutions
This vertical integration allows for the ultimate combination of
design flexibility and customer service.
• Shorter, controlled lead times
• Highest quality product
• Optimized performance
• In-house impedance controlled PCB design and processing
• Unparalleled pricing and delivery
For details on custom cable assemblies visit
[Link]/custom-cable
or email HDRgroup@[Link].

CNC

Twinax Cable Precision Stamping and Forming

Manufacturing Barrel, Strip and
Plastic Plating

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 Signal Integrity Group
In addition to the quick-turn manufacturing and delivery of
standard systems, Samtec also provides sophisticated design, Eye Speed® Micro Coax Cable Systems

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engineering and development support for the most difficult
signal integrity challenges via our highly qualified in-house
staff of signal integrity engineers.
• Interpret test data and performance results
• PCB layout, trace and routing assistance
• Connector ground pin assignment
and assistance
SIGNAL Eye Speed® and AcceleRate™ Twinax Cable Systems

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• Extensive modeling,
simulation and INTEGRITY
testing capabilities GROUP
• De-embedding capabilities
For more information visit
[Link]/signalintegrity or email sig@[Link].
Shield Comparison Testing Future-Proof Systems

Eye Pattern Analysis 12-13

High Speed I/O and Active Optical Cable Systems

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Personal SI Support
Micro Coax and Twinax Cable Specifications

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Original RF Solutions / 50Ω and 75Ω RF Cable Systems

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RF Cable Specifications

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Final Inch Physical
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and Electrical Models

Signal Integrity Solutions

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RF & Microwave

High Speed I/O

Board-to-Board
Card-to-Card

Optical & I/O

 Micro Coax Cables

• Eye Speed® high speed micro coax cable with serve shield
• 50Ω and 75Ω impedance ®

• AcceleRate™ 30 AWG high speed micro coax cable

coming soon
• Ability to mix-and-match end options for application specific
requirements with extensive customizing capabilities
• Ruggedizing features include screw downs, panel screws,
retention pins, positive latching systems, squeeze and friction
latches, strain relief
• Future-proof assemblies: design in copper today, replace
with optical for high speed and longer link lengths tomorrow
with the same footprint
• Signal integrity optimized with sophisticated engineering for
low signal loss and impedance matching
• Signal Integrity Group for in-house signal integrity expertise
and support; visit [Link]/signalintegrity

Standard Micro Coax Cable Assemblies

Series ECUE HQCD EQCD EQRD ERCD SEAC HHSC FCF8
Cable Type Eye Speed ® Micro Coax
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Cable AWG 38 34 36 38
Min. Wire Length 70 mm (OAL) 43,7 mm 152,4 mm 43,7 mm 76,2 mm
Bend Radius <2,50 mm TBD <2,50 mm >3,20 mm
Pitch 0,50 mm 0,80 mm 1,27 mm 2,54 mm 0,80 mm

Performance 12.55 GHz / 5.90 GHz / 5.20 GHz / 4.00 GHz / 6.00 GHz / 8.00 GHz / 2.70 GHz / 4.90 GHz /
(0,25 m (@ 7 dB IL)) 25.10 Gbps 11.80 Gbps 10.40 Gbps 8.00 Gbps 12.00 Gbps 16.00 Gbps 5.40 Gbps 9.80 Gbps

QRF8, ERM8, SSW, SSQ,

Mates With Series UEC5, UCC8 QTH, QSH QTE, QSE
QRM8 ERF8
SEAF
SSM, TSW
FCS8

FireFly™
Q Rate ® Edge Rate™ SEARAY™ JTAG Rugged
Connector Type Micro Q Strip ® Ground Plane
Slim Body Rugged High Density Compatible Latching
System
See pages 16-17 for additional cable specifications.

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SYSTEM

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 Twinax Cables ™

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Eye Speed® Cable AcceleRate™ Cable

Excellent Signal Integrity performance with individual Excellent Signal Integrity performance with
copper serve or braided shielding aluminum foil shielding and dual drain wires
Stranded conductor for small bend radii and dynamic Solid copper conductor for reduced cost and static applications with
high flexing cycle applications a one-time cable crease for corner-routing and space limitations
Cost-effective ribbonizing process keeps boards Fully tangent shield for significant space savings
organized by eliminating a nest of discrete wires over competitive solutions
Variety of standard stocked wire gauges from 38 AWG to 26 AWG 30 AWG standard
Coax and twinax constructions Twinax construction (coax in development)
20Ω, 50Ω, 85Ω and 100Ω 85Ω and 100Ω

• Eye Speed® high speed twinax cable with braided shield

• AcceleRate™ high speed twinax cable with aluminum foil shield and drain wires as a lower cost alternative
to Eye Speed® for static applications
• 85Ω and 100Ω impedance
• Ability to mix-and-match end options for extensive customizing capabilities
• Ruggedizing features include screw downs, panel screws, retention pins, positive latching systems,
squeeze and friction latches, strain relief
• Signal Integrity Group for in-house signal integrity expertise and support; visit [Link]/signalintegrity

Standard Twinax Cable Assemblies

Series ECDP HQDP EQDP ERDP PCIEC
Cable Type AcceleRate™ Twinax Eye Speed ® Twinax
Cable AWG 30
Min. Wire Length 95.3 mm 43.7 mm 50 mm
Bend Radius 1 mm (one-time crease)** 11 mm
Pitch 0,80 mm 0,50 mm 0,80 mm 1,00 mm
Performance (0,25 m (@ 7 dB IL)) 8.20 GHz / 16.40 Gbps 9.00 GHz / 18.00 Gbps 10.00 GHz / 20.00 Gbps 7.30 GHz / 14.60 Gbps 4.90 GHz / 9.80 Gbps
Mates With Series HSEC8 QTH-DP, QSH-DP QTE-DP, QSE-DP ERM8, ERF8 PCIE
Connector Type Edge Rate™ Rugged Q Pairs ® Ground Plane Edge Rate™ Rugged *PCI Express ®
*PCI Express® is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG®.
**Or, 12,7 mm bend radius with moderate flexing cycles
See pages 16-17 for additional cable specifications.

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™ ®
 Future-Proof Systems

Design-in
copper today... Micro Flyover System

...replace with
optical tomorrow.

• FireFly™ future-proof assemblies allow you to design for copper today then
replace with optical for higher speed and longer link lengths tomorrow with
the same footprint
• "Fly over" application significantly simplifies board design
• Low cost, high performance copper for short distances and test applications
• Copper assembly available with Samtec's Eye Speed® 38 AWG coax cable
with a variety of high speed connector end terminations
• Optical assembly available with MTP, MT or Duplex LC end terminations
to connect chips to backplanes or ultra high density faceplate connectors
• Multi-protocol support: Ethernet, InfiniBand™, Fibre Channel, SAS
• Multi-rate: 14 Gbps and 28 Gbps (in design)

FireFly™ Future-Proof Cable Assemblies

Series ECUE ECUO (in development)
Cable Type Eye Speed ® Coax Copper Optical Fiber
Cable DIA 0,635 mm 3 mm
Min. Assembly Length 70 mm 500 mm
Bend Radius < 2,50 mm 30 mm
Pitch 0,50 mm
12.55 GHz / 25.10 Gbps
Performance (0,25 m (@ 7 dB IL))
28 Gbps

Mates With Series UEC5, UCC8

Connector Type FireFly™ Micro Flyover System
Q Strip ®, Q Rate ®, Edge Rate™,
End 2 Options SEARAY™, FireFly™
MTP, MT, Duplex LC

See pages 16-17 for additional ECUE Series cable specifications.

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 High Speed I/O
Copper and Optical
High Speed I/O Copper
• Eye Speed® HD: HyperTransport™ HT 3.1
performance, industry's densest I/O cable system
• Eye Speed® I/O: micro rugged latching system, sealed
cable available for rugged IP68 applications, or SFP+
hot pluggable passive jumpers

® Equalization:
• Boost data rate
• Extend the length of a copper cable assembly
• Email HDRgroup@[Link]

Active Optical
• PCIe® system supporting Gen 1 (2.5 GT/s) and
Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s)
• QSFP+ 4-channel bidirectional system supporting
Ethernet, InfiniBand™ and Fibre Channel
• FireFly™ micro flyover system (in development):
data "flies over" board simplifying board layout,
interchangeable with low cost copper FireFly™

High Speed I/O Copper & Active Optical Cable Assemblies

Series HDLSP EPLSP RCH SFPE PCIEO QSFPO ECUO
FireFly™
Brand Name Eye Speed® HD Twinax Eye Speed® I/O Twinax *PCIe® QSFP+ (in development) ®
Cable Type 32 AWG Twinax OM2 or OM3 Fiber OM3 Fiber
Min. Assembly
1,000 mm 500 mm 300 mm 500 mm
Length
Bend Radius > 3,20 mm 25,40 mm 30 mm I/O SYSTEM

Pitch 0,635 mm 0,80 mm 0,80 mm 0,50 mm

6.44 GHz / 12.88 Gbps 4 GHz / 8 Gbps 10 GHz / 20 Gbps
Performance (1 m (@ 7 dB IL)) (1 m (@ 7 dB IL)) (1 m (@ 7 dB IL)) 5 GT/s 56 Gbps 28 Gbps

ERC/ RPBH/ QSFPC/

Mates With Series HDC/HDI6 ERI8 ERI8 MECT/SFPC PCIEA QSFP8 UEC5/UCC8
High Density Edge Rate™ *PCIe® QSFP+ FireFly™
Connector Type (48 Signal Pairs) Rugged SFP+ Adaptor Card Edge Card Micro System
*PCIe is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG®.
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See pages 16-17 for additional cable specifications.

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QSFP+

I/O SYSTEM

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 Micro Coax & Twinax
Cable Specifications
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Panel and I/O Assemblies
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I/O Standard - Protocols Supported HDLSP EPLSP PCIEO QSFPO

SAS – 3 Gbps (1.5 GHz) 2.0 m 3.0 m 300 m 100 m
SAS – 6 Gbps (3 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 100 m 100 m
SAS – 12 Gbps (6 GHz) 1.0 m 100 m
SATA – 1.5 Gbps (0.75 GHz) 2.0 m 5.0 m 300 m 100 m
SATA – 3 Gbps (1.5 GHz) 2.0 m 3.0 m 300 m 100 m
SATA – 6 Gbps (3 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 100 m 100 m
Fibre Channel – 1 Gbps (0.5 GHz) 2.0 m 5.0 m 300 m 100 m
Fibre Channel – 2 Gbps (1 GHz) 2.0 m 4.0 m 300 m 100 m
Fibre Channel – 4 Gbps (2 GHz) 2.0 m 2.0 m 300 m 100 m
Fibre Channel – 8 Gbps (4 GHz)
Eye Speed® Cable AcceleRate™ Cable Fibre Channel – 16 Gbps (8 GHz)
1.0 m < 1.0 m 100 m 100 m

PCIe® – 2.5 Gbps (1.25 GHz) 2.0 m 3.0 m 300 m 100 m

Excellent Signal Integrity Excellent Signal Integrity
PCIe® – 5 Gpbs (2.5 GHz) 2.0 m 2.0 m 300 m 100 m
performance with individual performance with aluminum foil
PCIe® – 8 Gbps (4 GHz) 1.0 m < 1.0 m 100 m 100 m
copper serve or braided shielding shielding and dual drain wires
Ethernet – 1 Gbps (0.5 GHz) 2.0 m 5.0 m 300 m 100 m
Solid copper conductor for Ethernet – 10 Gbps (5 GHz) 1.0 m 100 m
Stranded conductor for small bend
reduced cost and static applications HyperTransport™ – 1.6 Gbps (0.8 GHz) 2.0 m 5.0 m 300 m 100 m
radii and dynamic high flexing
with a one-time cable crease for HyperTransport™ – 2.8 Gbps (1.4 GHz) 2.0 m 3.0 m 300 m 100 m
cycle applications
corner-routing and space limitations HyperTransport™ – 5.2 Gpbs (2.6 GHz) 1.0 m 2.0 m 100 m 100 m
Cost-effective ribbonizing process Fully tangent shield for HyperTransport™ – 6.4 Gpbs (3.2 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 100 m 100 m
keeps boards organized by elimi- significant space savings over QPI – 6.4 Gbps (3.2 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 100 m 100 m
nating a nest of discrete wires competitive solutions InfiniBand™ SDR – 2.5 Gbps (1.25 GHz) 2.0 m 3.0 m 300 m 100 m
Variety of standard stocked wire InfiniBand™ DDR – 5 Gbps (2.5 GHz) 2.0 m 2.0 m 300 m 100 m
30 AWG standard InfiniBand™ QDR – 10 Gbps (5 GHz) 1.0 m 100 m
gauges from 38 AWG to 26 AWG
InfiniBand™ FDR – 14 Gbps (7 GHz) 100 m
Twinax construction
Coax and twinax constructions Length ratings are based on an insertion loss of 7 dB or less at the I/O Standard Nyquist frequency except for QSFPO and PCIEO.
(coax in development)
Binary signal encoding with no equalization or other signal conditioning is assumed.
20Ω, 50Ω, 85Ω and 100Ω 85Ω and 100Ω
= Eye Speed® HD = Eye Speed® I/O = Active Optical

Board-to-Board Assemblies
I/O Standard - Protocols Supported ERCD EQRD SEAC ECUE HQCD EQCD FCF8 ERDP EQDP HQDP ECDP
SAS – 3 Gbps (1.5 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
SAS – 6 Gbps (3 GHz) 0.7 m 0.6 m 1.0 m 0.6 m 0.7 m 0.8 m 0.7 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
SAS – 12 Gbps (6 GHz) 0.2 m 0.0 m 0.5 m 0.4 m 0.2 m 0.1 m 0.1 m 0.6 m 0.8 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
SATA – 1.5 Gbps (0.75 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
SATA – 3 Gbps (1.5 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
SATA – 6 Gbps (3 GHz) 07 m 0.6 m 1.0 m 0.6 m 0.7 m 0.8 m 0.7 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
Fibre Channel – 1 Gbps (0.5 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
Fibre Channel – 2 Gbps (1 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
Fibre Channel – 4 Gbps (2 GHz) 0.9 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 0.8 m 0.9 m 1.0 m 0.9 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
Fibre Channel – 8 Gbps (4 GHz) 0.5 m 0.2 m 0.8 m 0.6 m 0.5 m 0.5 m 0.5 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
Fibre Channel – 16 Gbps (8 GHz) 0.0 m 0.0 m 0.2 m 0.3 m 0.0 m 0.0 m 0.0 m 0.0 m 0.5 m 0.6 m 0.4 m
PCIe® – 2.5 Gbps (1.25 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
PCIe® – 5 Gpbs (2.5 GHz) 0.8 m 0.8 m 1.0 m 0.8 m 0.8 m 0.9 m 0.8 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
PCIe® – 8 Gbps (4 GHz) 0.5 m 0.2 m 0.8 m 0.6 m 0.5 m 0.5 m 0.5 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
Ethernet – 1 Gbps (0.5 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
Ethernet – 10 Gbps (5 GHz) 0.4 m 0.0 m 0.7 m 0.5 m 0.4 m 0.3 m 0.3 m 0.9 m 0.9 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
HyperTransport™ – 1.6 Gbps (0.8 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
HyperTransport™ – 2.8 Gbps (1.4 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
HyperTransport™ – 5.2 Gpbs (2.6 GHz) 0.8 m 0.7 m 1.0 m 0.7 m 0.8 m 0.8 m 0.8 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
HyperTransport™ – 6.4 Gpbs (3.2 GHz) 0.7 m 0.5 m 1.0 m 0.6 m 0.7 m 0.7 m 0.7 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
QPI – 6.4 Gbps (3.2 GHz) 0.7 m 0.5 m 1.0 m 0.6 m 0.7 m 0.7 m 0.7 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
InfiniBand™ SDR – 2.5 Gbps (1.25 GHz) 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
InfiniBand™ DDR – 5 Gbps (2.5 GHz) 0.8 m 0.8 m 1.0 m 0.7 m 0.8 m 0.9 m 0.8 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
InfiniBand™ QDR – 10 Gbps (5 GHz) 0.4 m 0.0 m 0.7 m 0.5 m 0.4 m 0.3 m 0.3 m 0.9 m 0.9 m 1.0 m 1.0 m
InfiniBand™ FDR – 14 Gbps (7 GHz) 0.1 m 0.0 m 0.4 m 0.3 m 0.1 m 0.0 m 0.0 m 0.3 m 0.7 m 0.8 m 1.0 m
Length ratings are based on an insertion loss of 7 dB or less at the I/O Standard Nyquist frequency.
= Eye Speed® Coax = Eye Speed® Twinax = AcceleRate™ Twinax
Binary signal encoding with no equalization or other signal conditioning is assumed.

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20W Coax Cable – 26 AWG 50W Coax Cable – 34 AWG
Jacket: PVC Jacket: PVC
1,137 (.0448) DIA 0,80 (.0315) DIA
Shield: Serve, Silver Plated Copper Shield: Serve, Silver Plated Copper
Dielectric: FEP Dielectric: Foamed FEP
Center Conductor: 26 AWG Stranded Center Conductor: 34 AWG Stranded
0,465 (.0183) DIA 0,185 (.0073) DIA

Capacitance: 239 pF/meter (nominal) Capacitance: 84.32 pF/meter (nominal)

Inductance: .092 mH/meter (nominal) Inductance: .230 mH/meter (nominal)
Propagation Delay: 1.46 nS/foot (4,79 nS/meter) Propagation Delay: 1.29 nS/foot (4,23 nS/meter)

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50W Coax Cable – 36 AWG 50W Coax Cable – 38 AWG
Jacket: THV Jacket: PVC
0,635 (.0250) DIA 0,635 (.0250) DIA
Shield: Serve, Silver Plated Copper Shield: Serve, Silver Plated Copper
Dielectric: Foamed FEP Dielectric: FEP
Center Conductor: 36 AWG Stranded Center Conductor: 38 AWG Stranded
0,127 (.0055) DIA 0,117 (.0046) DIA

Capacitance: 88.6 pF/meter (nominal) Capacitance: 96.79 pF/meter (nominal)

Inductance: .230 mH/meter (nominal) Inductance: .230 mH/meter (nominal)
Propagation Delay: 1.33 nS/foot (4,36 nS/meter) Propagation Delay: 1.46 nS/foot (4,79 nS/meter)

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75W Coax Cable – 38 AWG 100W Twinax Cable – 30 AWG

Jacket: PVC 0,80

0,97 (.038) DIA (.0315) Jacket: PVC
2,03 (.080) x 1,37 (.054)
Shield: Serve, Silver Plated Copper Shield: Braid,
Dielectric: FEP Silver Plated Copper
Center Conductor: 38 AWG Stranded Dielectric: FEP
0,117 (.0046) DIA Signal Conductors: 30 AWG
Stranded 0,305 (.012) DIA
Capacitance: 63.16 pF/meter (nominal)
Inductance: .348 mH/meter (nominal) Capacitance: 46.5 pF/meter (nominal)
Propagation Delay: 1.46 nS/foot (4,79 nS/meter) Inductance: .518 mH/meter (nominal)
Propagation Delay: 1.46 nS/foot (4,79 nS/meter)

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85W & 100W Twinax Cable – 30 AWG 85W & 100W Twinax Cable – 32 AWG
TM

0,64
0,660 (.025) Jacket: PVC
(.026) Jacket: PET 1,65 (.065) x 1,14 (.045)
Shield: Aluminum Shield: Copper Foil
Dielectric: FEP
Dielectric: Polyethylene
Signal Conductors: 32 AWG
Signal Conductors: 30 AWG Stranded 0,25 (.0010) DIA
Solid (0,254) .010 DIA
Capacitance: 45.2 pF/meter (nominal)
Capacitance: 13.9 pF/foot (nominal)
Skew: 10 ps/m within pairs
Skew: 10 ps/m within pairs
Propagation Delay: 1.46 nS/foot (4,79 nS/meter)
Propagation Delay: 1.53 nS/foot (5,02 nS/meter)

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 RF Cables
Samtec Sudden Service® sets our RF Systems apart from
the competition, with 24-hour samples and quotes, no
minimum order quantity on standards, and 2 to 5 day lead
time on standards.

Original Solutions
• IsoRate® isolated signal systems for 90% performance
of traditional RF at 50% of the cost
• Ganged micro scale isolated signal systems
(GRF1 & GRF7 Series)
• Bull's Eye® low cost, high performance test point system
• AccliMate™ rugged IP68 sealed circular system
• High vibration and 75Ω MMCX (MMCXV & MMCX7 Series)
• Circular RF shielded twisted pair system (C28T Series)
• High speed [Link] to 500 cycles/10 GHz

50Ω and 75Ω Cables

• Cable variety with mix-and-match end options
• Industry standard components
• Adaptors available (ADP5 & ADP7 Series)
• SMA 2.92 up to 40 GHz
• Design your system in seconds using our
RF Solutionator® at [Link]

Original RF Isolated Signal Cable Assemblies

Series ACP/ACR GRF1-C GRF7-C IJ5C/IJ5H RF25M BE25M RF25S BE25S RF30S C28T
Brand Name AccliMate™ Micro Ganged IsoRate® Bull's Eye® True75™ Shielded Twisted Pair
Cable Type RG 316 RG 179* RG 316** CCA-25M MWC-2550-01 TCF-3075F-01-01 CCS-155709-01-PP
Impedance 50Ω 75Ω 50Ω 50Ω 75Ω 100Ω
Min. Assembly 250 mm 100 mm 102 mm
Length
CCH, BAR, CCH, BAR,
Mates With Series ACP/ACR GRF1-J GRF7-J IP5 SMA, SMA, SMA, SMA, MMCX7 CJT
SMP SMP SMP SMP
*GRF7 also available with TCF-3075F-01-01; **IJ5C also available with CTB-2650F-1
See pages 20-21 for additional cable specifications.

50Ω and 75Ω Cable Assemblies

MH081/ RFA6T/
Series RF174/RF316 RF178 RF058 RF402 RF405 RFB8T RF179
MH113 RFB6T
Cable Type [Link] & [Link] RG 174/RG 316 RG 178 RG 58 RG 402 (.141") RG 405 (.086") RG 6/1694A 1855A RG 179
Impedance 50Ω 75Ω

Min. Assembly 30 mm 100 mm 300 mm 100 mm

Length
MCX, MMCX, MMCXV, MCX, MMCX, SSMB, TNC, MBNC7, BNC7T, MCX7,
RSP-122811-01, BNC7T, MBNC7,
Mates With Series RSP-122811-02
SMA, SMB5, SSMB, BNC5, TNC, SMA, SMA, SMA SMA, SMP, AFI
DIN7A, HDBNC
DIN7A, SMB7H, MBNC7,
BNC5, TNC, NTPE SMB5, NTPE NTPE HDBNC DIN7A
See pages 20-21 for additional cable specifications.

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 RF Cable Specifications

50Ω CABLES
CABLE TYPE
0,81 1,13 RG 178 CTB-2650F-01 RG 174 RG 316 RG 58

Impedance W 50 ± 3 50 ± 2 50 ± 2 50 ± 2 50 ± 5 50 ± 2 50 ± 3

100 MHz 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.68 0.4 0.3 0.2

Attenuation (dB/m) 1 GHz 3.1 1.9 1.7 2.37 1.4 1.25 0.8

6 GHz 8.6 4.9 5.9 6.53 4.4 4.25 5.4

Dielectric Constant (dk) ------ 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.56 2.3 2.1 2.3

Dielectric Strength VAC 1000 500 1000 ------ 500 1200 1400

Propagation Delay nS/m 4.70 4.70 4.83 4.17 5.06 4.83 5.05

Current Rating Amps ------ ------ 3 2.5 5 5 ------

Capacitance pF/m 100 95 89.61 85.6 101 96 101

Silver plated Silver and

Silver plated Silver plated Silver plated Tinned
Material Copper Clad Copper Copper plated
Copper Copper Copper Copper
Steel Steel

AWG 36 32 30 26 26 26 20
Center Conductor
Stranding (No./mm) 7/0.05 7/0.08 7/0.10 19/0.10 7/0.16 7/0.17 19/.018

Diameter (mm) 0.15 0.24 0.3 0.48 0.48 0.51 0.90

Max Resistance (W/m) 1.40 0.60 0.34 0.12 0.14 0.13 ------

Solid
Material FEP FEP PTFE Foamed FEP LEP PTFE
Polyethylene
Dielectric
Diameter (mm) 0.4 0.66 0.84 1.27 1.45 1.52 2.95

Silver plated Tinned Silver plated Silver plated Tinned Silver plated Tinned
Material
Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper
Shield

Diameter (mm) 0.65 0.88 1.29 1.5 1.95 1.93 3.0

Material FEP FEP FEP FEP PVC FEP PVC

Diameter (mm) 0.81 1.13 1.80 1.80 2.70 2.54 4.95

Jacket -40°C to -40°C to -50°C to -40°C to -40°C to -55°C to -40°C to
Temp Rating
+90°C +90°C +200°C +200°C +85°C +200°C +85°C

Color Gray Gray Brown Blue Black Brown Black

Bend Radius Min 5 mm 6.8 mm 10.2 mm 3.175 mm 25.4 mm 12.7 mm 48.3 mm

MHF1, MHF1, MMCX, MCX, SMA, SMB, MMCX, MCX, SMA, SMB, SMA, TNC,
Termination Options MHF3, SMA SMA SSMB, BNC, TNC, N Type SSMB, BNC, TNC, N Type N Type

RF316,
EQRF, IJ5C,
Samtec Series MH081 MH113 RF178, EQRF IJ5C RF174
IJ5H, GRF1,
RF058
ACP, ACR

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 50Ω MICROWAVE CABLES 75Ω CABLES 100Ω CABLES
MWC- RG 405 RG 402 TCF-3075F- BELDEN BELDEN CCS-155709-
CCA-25M RG 179 RG 6
2550-01 (.086") (.141") 01-01 1855A 1694A 01-PP
50 ± 1 50 ± 1 50 ± 1 50 ± 2 75 ± 3 75 ± 3 75 ± 3 75 ± 3 75 ± 3 100 ± 3

0.85 @ 1 GHz 0.86 @ 1 GHz 1.20 @ 1 GHz 0.48 @ 1 GHz 1.30 @ 2 GHz 0.3 0.12 0.07 0.07 0.37

1.75 @ 4 GHz 1.70 @ 4 GHz 2.59 @ 4 GHz 1.04 @ 4 GHz 1.80 @ 4 GHz 0.8 0.37 0.21 0.21 1.67

4.18 @ 20 GHz 4.06 @ 20 GHz 6.30 @ 20 GHz 2.76 @ 20 GHz 2.40 3.6 0.97 0.59 0.59 11.05

1.3 2.1 2.04 1.99 1.61 1.8 1.42 1.44 1.44 2.3

------ ------ 1000 1000 ------ 1200 300 300 2000 ------

3.84 4.76 4.79 4.79 4.23 4.83 4.12 4.06 4.03 4.62

5 5 ------ ------ 2.1 3 5 ------ ------ ------

75 75 96.79 96.79 58.5 64 55.7 54.14 54.14 44.8

Silver plated Silver plated

Silver plated Silver plated Silver plated Silver plated Silver plated
Copper Clad Copper Clad Bare Copper Bare Copper Bare Copper
Copper Copper Copper Copper Copper
Steel Steel

25 25 24 19 30 30 23 18 18 28

1/0.45 1/0.45 1/0.56 1/0.92 7/0.10 7/0.10 1/0.58 1/1.02 1/1.02 41/0.05

0.45 0.45 0.56 0.92 0.30 0.30 0.58 1.02 1.02 0.36

------ ------ 0.67 0.02 0.33 0.34 0.066 0.021 0.021 0.270

Air Enhanced
Solid FEP PTFE PTFE Foamed FEP PTFE FHDPE FHDPE FHDPE PTFE
FEP

1.17 1.46 1.68 2.98 1.4 1.6 2.59 4.57 4.57 ------

1. Helically 1. Al Foil- 1. Al Foil-

1. Flat Silver
Overlapped 1. Copper Foil Polyester 1. Bonded Al Polyester
plated Copper Tinned Tinned Silver plated Silver plated
Ag plated Cu 2. Tinned Tape-Al Foil Foil Tape-Al Foil
2. Silver plated Copper Copper Copper Copper Braid
2. Silver plated Copper 2. Tinned 2. Al Wire 2. Tinned
Copper Braid
Copper Braid Copper Copper

1.6 1.87 2.20 3.58 1.73 2.0 3.5 ------ ------ 2.39

FEP FEP ------ ------ PVC FEP PVC PVC PVC PVC

1.9 2.06 ------ ------ 2.16 2.54 4.04 6.96 7.00 3.66

-65°C to -65°C to -70°C to -70°C to -40°C to -55°C to -30°C to -30°C to -30°C to

------
+200°C +200°C +200°C +200°C +105°C +165°C +75°C +75°C +75°C

Brown Blue ------ ------ Blue Brown Black Black Black Black

9 mm 9 mm 3.18 mm 6.35 mm 5 mm 10.2 mm 38.1 mm 69.85 mm 69.85 mm 9.52 mm

MCX, SMB,
Mini BNC,
BNC, BNC, Mini BNC,
SMA, SMP SMA, SMP, AFI SMA MMCX HD-BNC™, CJT
Mini BNC, HD-BNC™, DIN 1.0/2.3
DIN 1.0/2.3
DIN 1.0/2.3

PCRF,
RF25S, RF30S, RF179,
ATEP, RF25M, RF405 RF402 RFB8T RFB6T RFA6T C28T
BE25S GRF7 GRF7
BE25M

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Solutions
Samtec is uniquely positioned to provide the products, service and tools that make your entire
system faster, thinner and lighter, across longer distances, with lower overall costs.

Products
High Speed Connectors
• Signal integrity-optimized contact designs
• Cost-effective high performance solutions
• Integral ground plane systems, Edge Rate™
and micro strips, high density arrays, micro backplane
and micro edge card sockets
• In-house stamping, molding, plating and assembly
in both hemispheres

High Speed Cables and I/O

• In-house manufacturing, bundling and assembly of
micro coax, twinax, low skew pair, twisted pair and
conventional cable solutions
• Industry’s best delivery, service and design flexibility
for RF cable assemblies
• Complete design and test support from Samtec’s
Signal Integrity Group

Active Optics
• Active Optical cables and jumpers for QSFP+ and
PCIe ® Gen 1 and 2 applications
• Optical engine design and manufacturing
• In-house fiber cable attachment and connector assembly
• Advanced active optical engineering and design support
from Samtec Optical Group
• Future-proof signal integrity (design for electrical, provide
for optical)

Integration and Miniaturization

• Integrated capabilities resulting in a streamlined
interconnect path and better signal integrity
• Advanced IC packaging capabilities: Die attach, Wire bond, Flip-chip, Multi-chip
modules, System in package, Stacked die, Optical engines, MEMs
• IC-to-Board assembly

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Service
Signal Integrity Group
• In-house, personal support that is unmatched in the
industry, provided by Samtec’s highly qualified staff of
Signal Integrity engineers
• Interpretation of test data and performance results
• PCB layout, trace and routing assistance
• Connector ground pin assignment and assistance
• Extensive modeling, simulation and testing capabilities
• De-embedding capabilities
• Email sig@[Link]

Custom Signal Integrity Services

• Application specific design, modeling and testing of
circuits and subsystems
• Layout and component strategies to optimize performance
and enhance signal integrity during the concept phase
• Customized simulation models during the design phase
• PCB design support for advanced design needs

Tools
Solutionator® Online Product Builder
• Design, build and order most board-to-board connectors
and IP68 sealed I/O, discrete wire and RF cable systems
• Design your solution in a minute
• Most orders ship in a week, samples ship in a day
• Real-time performance simulator integrates and
blends data from separate models to project insertion
loss, return loss, NEXT and FEXT along with
supporting eye patterns

Free online resources and support

• Online support and reference tools for the selection,
development, simulation and testing of high speed systems
• High speed connector simulations, models, reports, drawings
and searches; see [Link]/signalintegrity
• High Speed Characterization Reports
• Time and frequency domain test data
• Final Inch ® PCB design tools
• Models for simulation (SPICE and Touchstone models)
• Full PADS® and EAGLE libraries as well as
PADS® ASCII, Allegro ®, OrCAD ® and Altium footprint files

Final Inch® Design Tools

• Pre-optimized breakout region reference designs that
help streamline your design process, saving precious
®

time and money

• Free models plug directly into your system fina
l i [Link]
• Support from Samtec's in-house team of dedicated
Signal Integrity engineers

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